Neat self defence improvised weapon

[Scythe13]

That's old!

Loads of people around Manchester or Liverpool carry a spare pair of socks with them, for this exact reason. If they're in a club or bar, and a fight kicks off, a handful of shot-glasses into the sock, and swing for the head! A small tumbler in the sock, CRACK!!! That'll bust someone's head clean open.

Carrying an 8 ball, or something similar could easily get you nicked, just as easily as carrying your lucky rock. Speaking of which, some women carry a brick in their purse for the same reason....mini-flail.

That same system is used in Full Metal Jacket (I think it's that film anyway) where they beat the whiney fat guy by putting bars of soap on their socks and go at him with them.

It's a devastating system, similar in principle to when kids play conkers, and that one kid keeps hitting a bit high and cracking the other kid on the knuckle (haha, I loved that trick....still feel proud when I see that happen).

It increases the centrifugal force of the object, by using distance leverage (length of string or length of sock) to increase the speed of the object. Increased speed, same mass, increased force, increased impact, increased damage.

Other fun old-school tricks, get a roll of pennies, tape them up, put them in your fist, and punch! Same principle of physics above, but different variable: Same speed, Increased mass = Increased force, increased impact, increased damage. Also, works like a kubatan. Just tell the police that you don't like your change rattling around in your pocket (haha, they won't fall for it, but if you chuck it away, it's only about 40p lost).

Putting 2 razor blades on a credit card. The cuts are so close together they can't be properly stitched up. For a higher level of effect, screw a load of razorblades on a corkscrew and hit someone with those blades. Again, same as the credit card principle, so close together that they can't be stitched up properly.